Outside temp display?
#12
CF Pro Member
I bet you that this is a Computer Program Issue. I have the Temperature, but no Compass in my DIC. I bought a compass module and the actual factory wire to run, just as the factory did, plugging it all together. If I recall right, half of my wiring was already there, I just had to add one or two wires to a harness. Completing that, I took the truck to the dealership to have the compass enabled. They spent all day on it. It had nothing to do with them, nothing to do with what I had done, it all had to do with GM Head Quarters not allowing them to re-flash the computer. They would not do it. I could have had the compass if I would have accepted having the computer flashed with software written for trucks meant to be sold and driven in the United States. However it changed something for my Canadian model. I would have gained the Compass and lost some other function, I forget what it was. Seems to me that it had to something to do with the Driving Lights. I probably should have done it because it appears you all have driving lights anyways. Maybe it was some other option I was to lose out on if I had it re-flashed that way. I forget.
I bet you that it will be the same thing with your Temperature Display. You will have to go to the dealership and have the truck flashed to a different build.
I bet you that it will be the same thing with your Temperature Display. You will have to go to the dealership and have the truck flashed to a different build.
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So what I do is to run an OBD2 Bluetooth device, feeding a cheap Android tablet running the Torque app. One of the gauges I chose was "Ambient Temperature". I don't run it all the time, because it can be a PITA to keep running if I have 4 or 5 stops in an outing. But I do use it on road trips.
#14
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I looked at my van last night, and I can confirm what StanVan said about not being able to enable/disable the outside temperature via the DIC... Curiosity got the best of me, and I remembered when I was researching vans that the outside temp was an "option." So I went to the Chevrolet Build & Price website, and even on a 2019, outside temp is an option! Why this isn't standard equipment is beyond my comprehension... especially for the $10 up-charge. I'm sure if you can figure out where to plug in the wires, you'll have an outside temp display.
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#15
CF Junior Member
I looked at my van last night, and I can confirm what StanVan said about not being able to enable/disable the outside temperature via the DIC... Curiosity got the best of me, and I remembered when I was researching vans that the outside temp was an "option." So I went to the Chevrolet Build & Price website, and even on a 2019, outside temp is an option! Why this isn't standard equipment is beyond my comprehension... especially for the $10 up-charge. I'm sure if you can figure out where to plug in the wires, you'll have an outside temp display.
#18
CF Junior Member
So what I do is to run an OBD2 Bluetooth device, feeding a cheap Android tablet running the Torque app. One of the gauges I chose was "Ambient Temperature". I don't run it all the time, because it can be a PITA to keep running if I have 4 or 5 stops in an outing. But I do use it on road trips.
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#20
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Hi, here is my Torque display from today (2008 Express 1500 4.3l, 225K), the Air Temp and Intake are different, so it must have 2 sensors. I think my outside temp sensor is below the radiator somewhere, and assuming the Intake Air temp is on the intake ducting somewhere.